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Chinook

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Chinook may refer to:

Chinook peoples

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The name derives from a settlement of Indigenous people in Oregon and Washington State.

  • Chinookan peoples, several groups of Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest
  • Chinookan languages, small family of languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples
    • Chinook Jargon, a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest
    • Lower Chinook, a Chinookan language spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River
    • Upper Chinook language, a recently extinct language of the US Pacific Northwest

Places

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United States

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Washington state

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Animals

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Plants

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  • Chinook cherry, a cross between Bing and Gil Peck cultivars
  • Chinook olives, urine-cured olives by Indigenous people of the Columbia river valley

Transport

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Aircraft

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Watercraft

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Other

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See also

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